BEIJING, July 5, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- The following article was published today by
China Daily.
Under the guidance of successful heads of state diplomacy,
China-Tajikistan relations have
maintained sound momentum featuring mutual political trust,
fruitful Belt and Road cooperation, healthy cultural exchanges, and
close coordination in regional and world affairs.
President Xi Jinping's visit to Tajikistan that started on Thursday, his first
visit to the country in five years and the last leg of his
Central Asia tour that brought him
to Kazakhstan earlier this week,
enriches the China-Tajikistan
community with a shared future, which the two sides agreed to
jointly build in May last year, and injects new impetus into the
two countries' traditional friendship.
The talks between President Xi and Tajik President Emomali
Rahmon on cooperation in key areas, and the regional and
international situations, will consolidate the solidarity between
the two countries and expand their common interests.
Drawing a blueprint for the growth of China-Tajikistan relations in the foreseeable
future, the two leaders will raise the comprehensive strategic
partnership between the two countries that they formed in 2017 to a
new level.
China has long been Tajikistan's largest source of investment and
its major trading partner. The two-way trade was close to
$4 billion in 2023, reaching another
record high. Such strong momentum has continued in the first four
months of this year.
By aligning the Belt and Road Initiative with Tajikistan's National Development Strategy for
the period through 2030, both sides aim to enhance their
result-oriented cooperation in trade, finance, tourism,
transportation, communication, ecology, culture and artificial
intelligence.
The two sides are set to make greater efforts to tap the
structural complementarity of the two economies. To this end, China
is willing to import more premium produce from Tajikistan, and encourage strong Chinese
companies to make more investments in Tajikistan to help modernize its industrial
system.
By diversifying their trade beyond the traditional areas such as
infrastructure, metallurgy and energy, and strengthening their
cooperation under the Silk Road e-commerce framework, the two
countries can realize more mutual benefits. Cooperation in new
fields such as new energy vehicles, solar panels and satellite
communications has bright prospects.
In the security field, in the face of an increasingly volatile
world, Xi has proposed that the two countries jointly act on the
vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable
security, enhance exchange between their law enforcement and
security agencies, crack down on terrorist, extremist and
separatist forces such as the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, and
prevent and combat infiltration and sabotage by terrorists and
extremists.
As indicated by the strong consensus the two sides have
demonstrated on maintaining regional stability and promoting common
development during President Xi's visit, successful heads of state
diplomacy continues to guide and ensure the healthy development of
bilateral ties.
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SOURCE China Daily